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Preparatory Lesson One
Text A. Equipment
Text B. What's in a Golf Set?
Answer Key
Preparatory Lesson Two
Text A. Golf Course
Text B. What Is Golf?
Answer Key
Preparatory Lesson Three
Text A. Golf Skill
Text B. Americans Play Golf
Answer Key
Unit 1 Conspectus of Golf
Text A. Golf
Text B. Golf Costs
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Unit 2 Origin of Golf
Text A. Early History of Golf
Text B. Old Clubs and Balls
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Unit 3 Actuality of Golf
Text A. Present Situation of Goff in the U.S.A.
Text B. Potential Development of Golf in China
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Unit 4 ABC Golf
Text A. Classification of Clubs and Balls
Text B. Basic Golf (1)
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Unit 5 Play Golf
Text A. How to Learn to Play
Text B. Basic Golf (2)
Answer Key
Unit 6 Perfect Swing
Text A. How to Swing
Text B. How to Practice and Learn
Answer Key
Unit 7 Look at Your Ball!
Text A. How to Tee a Ball
Text B. How to Mark Your Ball
Answer Key
Unit 8 Some Skills
Text A. How to Tend the Flagstick
Text B. How to Adopt Oneself
Answer Key
Unit 9 Warming-up
Text A. How to Dress
Text B. The Fundamentals
Answer Key
Unit 10 Play Safely, Courteously and Quickly
Text A. How' to Play Quickly :
Text B. How to Play Safely
Text C. How to Play Courteously
Answer Key
Unit 11 Golf Champions
Text A. Tournament Golf
Text B. Golf Institutions
Answer Key
Unit 12 Famous Golfers (99)
Text A. Tiger Woods
Text B, Phil Mickelson
Text C. Ernie Els.
Answer Key
Unit 13 Some Golf Books
Text A. A Beginner's Guide to Golf
Text B. Easy Way to Learn Golf
Text C. Welcome to Golf Booklet
Text D. Computerizing Your Golf Facility (Third Edition)
Text E. Women Welcome Here!
Text F. Marketing Your Golf Course
Answer Key
Unit 14 How Golf Courses Operate
Text A. Types of Golf Facilities
Text B. Getting a Tee Time
Text C. Price to Play Varies
Text D. Getting to Know Who's Who
Text E. Some Hints about Golf Vacations
Answer Key
Unit 15 Basic Function of Communications
Text A. Communicating with Staff
Text B. Communicating with Your Board
Text C. Communicating with Your Members
Answer Key
Unit 16 Membership Election
Text A. Clubs' Requirements
Text B. Membership Levels
Text C. Types of Membership
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Unit 17 Ground Rules for CommunicatiOn
Text A. Clear Request
Text B. 5Ws and 1H
Text C. What Is Missing
Text D. Invitation & Reservation
Text E. Typesetting Equipment
Text F. Circuit Television
Text G. Use the Last Name
Answer Key
Unit 18 Preparing The Course
Text A. General
Text B. Fairways
Text C. Putting Greens
Text D. Rough
Text E. Teeing Grounds
Text F. Bunkers
Text G. Trees
Answer Key
Unit 19 Lawn Maintenance
Text A. Lawn Maintenance
Text B. Mowing
Text C. Top Dressing
Text D. Feeding
Text E. Watering
Answer Key
Unit 20 Golf Course Design
Text A. Development of Golf Course Design
Text B. Natural Golf Courses
Text C. Demand of Designs
Text D. The Design Process
Text E. The T. W. P Team
Text F. The Creation in Golf Course Design
Answer Key
Appendix 1 Glossary
Appendix 2 Golf Web Site
Domestic Web Sites
Foreign Web Sites
Appendix 3 Golf Courses
Appendix 4 The Official World Golf Ranking (Top 10)
Men' s Ranking ( Week : 2012/23 - June 10th)
Women' s Ranking ( Week : 2012/23 - June 11 th)
Appendix 5 Golf Terms
Ⅰ. Golf Skill
Ⅱ. Golf Equipment
Ⅲ. Golf Rules
Ⅳ. Golf Tournament
Ⅴ. Golf Course & Course Management
Appendix 6 Some Champions
The Masters Tournament Champions(1934—2012)
U.S. Open Champions ( 1895—2011 )
U.S. PGA Champions (1916—2011)
British Open Champions ( 1920—2011 )
Reference
Book
Web Site